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Street market

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East End Rally

18th June 1978: Anti Nazi League Rally In Brick Lane London E1. The march led by Police moving off down Brick Lane. Banner reads 'bengali Youth Movement Against Racism'. (Picture: Paul Fievez/Daily Mail)

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Bengali Asians

05th August 1978: A Group Of Bengali Asians are pictured In Brick Lane. (Picture: Mandatory Credit: Photo by Evening News/Rex)

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Help the homeless

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Out of business

Ch N. Katz In Brick Lane was a small string and paper bag supplier until the late 1990's. Rising rents forced out the Owner after 57 years. It was apparently the last Jewish Shop in Spitalfields. (Picture: Associated Newspapers)

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East End squalor

25th July 1979: A very young child walking amongst the squalor of Brick Lane in the East End of London near Whitechapel. (Picture: Evening Standard/Getty Images)

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The school run

12 June 1978: School children walking in Brick Lane. (Picture: Bill Cross/Daily Mail)

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Banksy on the move in Brick Lane

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Rubbish Street Art?

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24/7

04th March 2008: Beigel Bake bakery, on Brick Lane, London E1, the oldest and best of the Beigel shops in London, producing over 7000 bagels a night. Trendy kids and Jewish old-timers stand around chatting through the night as the work continues. (Picture: Rebecca Reid/Evening Standard)

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Bagel man

04th March 2008: Sammy Minzly, co-owner of the Beigel Bake bakery, on Brick Lane, London E1, the oldest and best of the Beigel shops in London. (Picture: Rebecca Reid/Evening Standard)

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Bright lights on Brick Lane

03rd February 2014: A view of Brick Lane in London. (Picture: Nigel Howard)

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Pancake race

17th Feb 2015: Participants make their way down Dray Walk as they flip pancakes at the Great Spitalfields Pancake Race 2015. Teams of four race up and down Dray Walk to raise funds for London's Air Ambulance. The event took place at the Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, Spitalfields London E1. (Picture: Ashok Saxena/Demotix/Corbis)

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Going out

The photographs also depict the growing community of Bengali migrants who settled down in the East End because of its close location to shipping docks.

One photograph shows a young Asian family playing outside their parent’s shops, while another shows a group of Bengali Asians dressed in 70s gear in the street.

The Bengali influence remains evident in Brick Lane, which is also known as the curry capital of the UK. Dozens of curry houses cropped up in the road serving Anglo-Indian cuisine as curry dishes began to grow popular in London.

More recent shots portray the rapid regeneration Brick Lane has undergone since the late 1990s.

The area saw an influx of exhibition spaces, night clubs and bars open as the street became the centre of the transformation of Shoreditch.

World-famous graffiti artists have daubed their artwork along buildings across the street, with the works of Banksy, Stik, ROA and Ben Eine all visible along the lane.

Photographer Phil Maxwell has been documenting Brick Lane for decades and took several of these stunning snaps.

He said he preferred the street before it underwent gentrification and said the photos reflect a nostalgia for the way it used to be.

He said: "Originally it was a place where people from the area we go and meet and talk and have a cup of tea.

"Now it has become very busy and full of tourists. It is a lot different from the way it used to be years ago.

"The biggest change is a lot of shops that used to be there, newsagents and restaurants, have all disappeared and been replaced with estate agents and cafes. The fabric of what it is like has been replaced."

He added: "I'm not a great fan. The way Brick Lane is today I think it is a shame the way it is because I think local people avoid it because it is so busy."

The images have been printed in paperback book ‘Brick Lane’ published by Spitalfields Life.

It was one of the most popular books to be sold at the Tate Modern last year and had a print run of 3,000 copies.